Re: Gold in Nebraska

Greetings Nebhunter,

Mrs Oro and I have found gold in Nebraska, not nuggets but flour to fine sand size; she would shoot me if I told exactly where but I can say you are already on the "right track". Good luck and good hunting to you, hope you find the treasure that you seek.

Oroblanco

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Re: Gold in Nebraska

ive heard several reports from people that have been into sand and gravel plants that are getting fine gold. and i know of 2 people that have a secerat spot and are getting fine gold as well. the Missouri river would be a good spot in the fall, when the waters are down due to the drought.ive been looking at these sand and gravel plants myself!

Re: Gold in Nebraska

Don't forget Nebhunter - when anyone asks, we always answer "there is no gold in Nebraska" and "the old timers got it all" these are the best answers! (Even though we KNOW better!) Good luck and good hunting to you, hope you find the treasures that you seek.

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drop me a PM @ rmueller@farms-usa.com Not heard of anything on the South Platte in Nebraska, met a guy from CO in Wyoming a couple years ago that was dredging on the south and getting color. As Russ mentioned, A buddy has been finding some AU in South East Nebraska .. Details are pretty guarded. We are discussing a possible NE GPAA chapter if things "pan out". I am going out this weekend to the location to do some test panning a sluicing.

All I can say it is in the Nemaha drainage.. Bedrock is close to the surface in certain areas. Best guess on the South Platte or any other drainages you could find color but you'd be working off the clay as a false bedrock.

Re: Gold in Nebraska

I remeber about 6 years ago, I went panning in nebraska (my grandpa lives there). I think I got little pieces of gold but my dad has them now. south platte sounds right because my granpa lives in ogallala.

I'm new to the hobby. I spent last fall getting my feet wet so to speak, or maybe my toe. Now I'm a daily visitor to this site attempting to learn all I can. I have not been as far as the Big Blue yet but I got to believe you are on the right track, from what research that I have collected. This spring I plan to get out on the day trips and always looking for company if interested. Their is a small group of prospectors in Omaha that get together once and awhile. If you are interested in following, instant and I can hook you up. It may help with the learning curve. They use facebook, hope your tec savy.

Nebraska Gold

Originally Posted by bswanney

I'm new to the hobby. I spent last fall getting my feet wet so to speak, or maybe my toe. Now I'm a daily visitor to this site attempting to learn all I can. I have not been as far as the Big Blue yet but I got to believe you are on the right track, from what research that I have collected. This spring I plan to get out on the day trips and always looking for company if interested. Their is a small group of prospectors in Omaha that get together once and awhile. If you are interested in following, instant and I can hook you up. It may help with the learning curve. They use facebook, hope your tec savy.

I am very interested in panning in Nebraska. My best friend and I took a trip to Colorado to hang out and do some prospecting. We didn't find anything, but it made for some awesome memories. I live in Lincoln, and it's been rumored that there was a gold mining operation just north of here. I can't seem to find any historical information on it, but I believe there may be some glacial deposits around here. Would you be interested in prospecting in Nebraska or helping with research? There are so few of us in Nebraska. I would even consider helping start a GPAA chapter here. Would love to find ANYONE that has pulled color out of Nebraska to share stories and locations.

Most-likely, anywhere the northern glaciers dumped till, there should be flour gold at least.

Check where streams have concentrated it in bars. Check the upper and lower ends of the bars. Look for rocks fist-sized and larger. Dig down a few inches and sample. Flour gold is light and it will be up higher in the deposit. Look for black sand and garnets in the pan--they can lead you to the gold as well.